http://www.forum8.com
Vol.81 2013/06/27
1. FORUM8 KOREA First Anniversary Seminar "How to bring VR application in road industry to life"
2. Overseas Training and Seminars

1. FORUM8 KOREA First Anniversary Seminar "How to bring VR application in road industry to life"
To celebrate the first anniversary of the establishment of FORUM8 KOREA, we will be hosting a seminar in Seoul, Korea, on Friday June 28th, 2013. As the presentation will include the introduction to new and exciting features of UC-win/Road Ver.9 which has just been released on May 30th, please join this seminar by all means.
1.Seminar Overview

Purpose of this seminar

To present various case studies concerning the incorporation of the virtual reality technology into the road industry in order to meet the increasing demand of road safety and disaster prevention. As a way of bringing in the second year since the establishment of FORUM8 KOREA, the leading company in VR technology, we will hold a user-oriented seminar to provide an opportunity to discuss new ideas by sharing our experience in PR and in the use of the program itself.

Organizers : FORUM8 KOREA / Professional Activities Committee for Road Emergency of Korean Society of Road Engineers
Date/Time : June 28, 2013 (Fri) 15:00-18:00
Venue : Small Conference room 4 of Korea Federation of Science and Technology Center. Seminar room4(Gangnam station)

2.
Schedule of the seminar
Time Contents
14:30-15:00(20') Reception and opening speech (FORUM8 KOREA)

15:00-16:30(90')

Each presentation
will be last about 20 minutes

Presentation [Presentation 1]
Analysis of drivers' behavior on a new road infrastructure using driving simulator

Presenter : Prof. Dongmin Lee, Department of Traffic Engineering, University of Seoul
[Presentation 2]
The development of disaster prevention and road design system for mountain roads

Presenter : Prof. Kihong,Kim, Gangneung-Wonju National University
[Presentation 3]
Case studies of VR application in the reconstruction of areas prone to traffic accident

Presenter: Korea Transportation Safety Authority

[Presentation 4]
Introduction to FORUM8's new releases as well as case studies of VR application in road safety worldwide.

Presenter: FORUM8 Manager Katsumi Matsuda

16:30-16:50(20') Break
16:50-17:50(60) Discussion

3 Debaters
- Jejin, Park (Senior researcher of KOTI of Korea Expressway Corporation)

- Seok-kee, Lee (Principal Researcher of KICT)

- Youngjin, Park (Ministry of Security and Public Administration)

17:50- Closing Speech
For more information, please contact to FORUM8 KOREA
Suwon Post-office Box 70, #517 Cheoncheon-dong, Jangan-gu,
Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 440-330, Republic of Korea
Tel: +82-10-2809-1888
Fax: +82-31-269-8584
E-Mail: F8seoul@forum8.com

UC-win/Road Ver.9 has been released! (May 30) NEW!

Product Details
Order
3D real-time VR software "UC-win/Road" the latest version has been released. As part of the sales campaign to mark the release of UC-win/Road Ver.9, we are offering 20% DISCOUNT on the list price upon new purchase or the purchase of an 'upgrade'.
Version-up Contents
The cluster system now supports multi-user simulation.
Function for modeling and placing models has been enhanced.
-Model Panel
-Parametric Model Plug-in
Traffic snapshot function
-This function can be used to save a traffic conditions and replay it.
New features of Tsunami Plug-in
-The implementation of masking feature to show the height of tsunami
-Legends for contours / Ability to assign initial tide levels
The performance of the Micro Simulation Player has been enhanced.
FBX improvement
-Textures with alpha-channel and transparency settings are supported.
-Advanced lighting has been applied.
Trailers can now be driven.
Improved logging features
-Logs can be output faster than ever before.
FBX model Parametric Model Traffic snapshot function
Tsunami Plug-in
2. Overseas Seminars and Exhibition
Exhibition

Date Exhibition Name Location
14 July. - 18 July, 2013 ITE Western Regional Meeting Phoenix Arizona USA
18 Sep. - 20 Sep, 2013 FORUM8 Design Festival Tokyo, Japan
30 Sep. - 2 Oct, 2013 European Transport Conference Frankfurt, Germany
8 Oct. - 10 Oct, 2013 InterGeo 2013 Essen, Germany
30 Oct. - 31 Oct, 2013 CONVR 2013 London UK
21 November, 2013 Award ceremony for Virtual Design World Cup Tokyo, Japan

For more information and applications, please email us at

mailto : office@forum8.com



Gross circulation:
To subscribe this page, go to http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/p-mail-e.htm

If you would like to unsubscribe from our newsletters, please include "Unsubscribe"
in the subject title of your email and send it back to us.

Thank you for your continued support.

FORUM8 Co., Ltd. mailto:forum8@forum8.co.jp
Nakameguro GT Tower 15F
2-1-1 Kamimeguro Meguro-ku Tokyo 153-0051 JAPAN
TEL +81-3-5773-1888
FAX +81-3-5720-5688
http://www.forum8.com/